He also served on the board of directors Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE) from 2011-2017. He served on the advisory board of Human Rights Watch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program. From January 2005-December 2006, he sat on the External Advisory Committee to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the Amendment of Birth Certificates for Transgender Persons. From November 2004 to December 2005, he served on the Citizen's Advisory Committee Transgender Subcommittee, New York City Human Resources Administration and in that capacity was a co-author of "Recommended Best Practices for Working With and Serving Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Employees and Clients." He was a co-founder of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy, and helped draft the legislation to amend the New York City Human Rights Law to include discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression. Currah is often interviewed in the mainstream media, including a story on Elliot Page in Time Magazine in which he discussed "visibility gaps" faced by transmasculine people in the media, and on NPR's 1A after the Supreme Court's 2020 Bostock decision. He also wrote about that decision for the Boston Review. In 2015, he talked to Time magazine about transgender naming practices and his decision to keep his birth-assigned first name, explaining that its rarity during his childhood rendered the name non-gender specific. Academic affiliations Currah is professor of political science and women's & gender studies at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He served as the chair of the Department of Political Science from 2011-2014. He served as the Executive Director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the City University of New York from 2003-2007. Currah sits on the editorial boards of GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Women's Studies Quarterly, the American Political Science Review, and Polity. His service on advisory boards has included: LGBT Social Science and Public Policy Center at Hunter College; Sexuality and the Law, Social Science Research Network; International Resource Network, a project hosted at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies and funded by the Ford Foundation; the University Consortium on Sexuality Research and Training. He is also an adjunct professor for the Columbia University Institute for the Study of Human Rights. Selected works Originally published in References External links Paisley Currah at Brooklyn College Paisley